Even if you try to run away from them, you will not escape them. Whether you are a Parisian fan or allergic to football, analyzes and other feedback on the elimination of Paris Saint-Germain abound in your favorite press titles, Thursday March 10. Beaten by Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League on Wednesday (1-0, 1-3), PSG even “scuttled”to believe The Parisian.
The Ile-de-France daily devotes three pages to the capital club fiasco. But rather than illustrate it with the distress of Presnel Kimpembe, The Parisian posted Karim Benzema, author of a hat-trick, in One. A way to soften the blow? Nay, the newspaper overwhelms a PSG sent out of the Champions League “covered with ridicule”. As if that were not enough, the website of the Parisian offers a section “PSG eliminated” on the front page of his site, between two news items on the war in Ukraine.
For his part, L.‘Team kept the snapshot of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s error on Madrid’s first goal in the front page. “Shipwreck O Despair”headlines the sports daily, which devotes a total of eight pages to the match. “PSG still doesn’t know how a team is built, but they know very well how it falls apart”, judge in these same columns the editorialist Vincent Duluc. A failure “in even crazier proportions than during the Barcelona comeback” (4-0, 1-6), ventures the daily, which only saves Kylian Mbappé, “author of a leading performance”.
Here are the front pages of L’Équipe newspaper for this Thursday, March 10: https://t.co/NMxgb3EhEU pic.twitter.com/cxc6yofzb6
— THE TEAM (@theteam) March 9, 2022
“Completely clueless” for Releasethe Parisians fell against a Real who, “out of the few spells of Modric and Benzema, doesn’t have much going for him”. “They didn’t know it was impossible, so they did it”ironically The world. “The Titanic, only worse” do we read in West France which reminds us that there is “unfortunately more serious now”. On his Twitter account, Provence insisted on recalling that the Marseillais remained “forever the first” French European champions. Move around, it’s playing.
Forever the first!
(Again and again…) #Everfirst #REALPSG #Benzema #TeamOM pic.twitter.com/6mRLNaqYzr
– Provence OM (@OMLaProvence) March 9, 2022
Tired of this umpteenth disillusion, Sofoot.com opens with a “As per usual” laconic its section entitled “Paris broken, Paris martyred, but Paris eliminated”. It includes, among other things, responses to the refereeing criticisms of Parisian leaders (“Paris Saint-Ouin Ouin”) or a call not to overwhelm the Italian goalkeeper (“He has a good back, Donnarumma”).
Conversely, the Madrid sports press is jubilant on Thursday morning. “This is Real Madrid!!!”title brand with, of course, a focus on the French captain on the front page. Luka Modric “eternal” and Vinicius Junior “steadfast” are also welcomed. Very vehement as usual, the press title appeals to Mbappé who “now knows how Real Madrid is”.
In the same vein, ace even probes its readers: “Does this 3-1 bring Mbappé closer or further away from Madrid?” As usual, the Madrid dailies do not take half measures and judge the performance “historical”despite the thirteen Cups with big ears raised by Real.
#LaPortada ¡¡¡Esto es el Madrid!!! https://t.co/EhSpmE4mOb
— MARCA (@marca) March 10, 2022
ace nevertheless delivers an analysis of the Parisian fiasco, beaten by “his best enemy in C1: PSG itself”. “The players were shaking, the ball was burning their feet”continues acebelieving that Pochettino and his family have “underestimated” their opponents. No doubt like a backlash, the Catalan daily Sport highlighted Lionel Messi with a single “KO” In title.
In Italy, all eyes were on fallen hero Donnarumma. “Gigio, what are you doing?”lamented The Gazzetta dello Sport, which no longer recognizes the best goalkeeper of the last Euro. Conversely, the “King Carlo” Ancelotti is hailed. The British The Guardian speaks of PSG as a “reliable source of entertainment for neutrals”. Not sure that this flatters the Parisians…